Fox Noise misquotes Obama on economic opportunity

On the Fox News Saturday show "Bulls and Bears", four of the five commentators criticized Barack Obama for accusing the Administration of social Darwinism.  And a few of them completely distorted what Obama said (via Newshounds):

SCOTT BLEIE: But it's not the government's job to make everyone prosperous, whether he said that or not.  The government's job is to create a foundation of opportunity to let people succeed.

Actually, Barack Obama never said the government was supposed to make everyone prosperous.  Instead, Obama said the government should make America prosperous for all people:

OBAMA: It's a strategy that we've seen this Administration pursue over the last six years -- that basically says government has no role to play in making sure that America is prosperous for all people and not just some.

It goes back to the two-Americas theme.  Look at the manufacturing sector in 2002, for example.  You had hard-working people in Ohio that got laid off as some of their positions were outsourced overseas.  Today, someone in the manufacturing sector would be less likely to say that America is prosperous than someone who works as a government contractor.  There is a reason for that.  They don't live in the same America.

What is wrong with saying that government should try to make America prosperous for its citizens?  That's why the President has economic advisers.  It's why we have a Federal Reserve.

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[granny]

HELP! MURDER! POLICE! It doesn't matter where this comment
shows up if somebody who can do something just reads it!
We can't read the stories, or the comments,
because the menus cover the text!

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Or is this the new format gone off course?

AND - no "contact" link, no "help" button. Just out here floatin'

[Chief Editor: Todd]

Yeah, I've been getting a ton of emails today about that. It seemed alright on my computer. But when I checked on my sister's computer, I saw how it was messed up. So I changed it back to the old layout format.

I am going to email typepad and see if there is any way to move the middle column to the left without messing up the whole layout. Thanks for contacting me about this. :)